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Welcome to Cover Snark, where the people are snarky and the covers quiver in fear. Since I don’t write many snarky book reviews here on A Reader of Fictions, Cover Snark is my outlet. If you click on the title of the book, where possible, I’ve linked to Goodreads. Clicking on the cover itself will show you the cover in a larger size, in most cases. Feel free to love covers I hate and vice versa. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!

Please note that you should by no means contact the author if you do not like their cover; they likely have ZERO control. Feel free to express opinions of the covers in the comments, but please do not @ an author on Twitter because of anything you’ve seen here.

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3. Summer Constellations – Alisha SevignyThoughts: Blame Second Chance Summer if you want, but this looks like it’s going to be really fucking sad. I feel like the font is trying to be like “no, it’s cute, I swear!” but it’s not strong enough.

5. The History of Jane Doe – Michael BelangerThoughts: You have to read the book to find out what green cows have to do with anything, which tbh is an effective marketing strategy. My god I hate the author font with a passion however.

7. Wicked Charm – Amber HartThoughts: So why is it that every thriller features trees on the cover? All the murders don’t happen in the forest. I feel like the trees should lobby to spruce up their reputation syruptitiously.

14. The Bird and the Blade – Megan BannenThoughts: The birds and the blades sounds like it might be a much less traumatizing talk with the parents. Or more. One or the other. Crossing my fingers for these teens.

WTF of the Week:

WTF of the Week began as a special category for one cover I saw, but was so popular it became a recurring feature. Here, I highlight covers, both new and old, that I’ve found, which, upon viewing, made me either snort or say something along the lines of “Dear God, what is that thing?”